The Nextwave Sessions feels more like a rehash of the band’s nagging problems than a sample of potential future directions.
Four is a vacant display of miscellany, a rather depressing scenario considering its makers were once genre-definers.
RJD2 eventually went in some poorly-reviewed direction or other I didn’t follow; apparently things got a lot whiter and clumsier.
Few bands display raw courage and an adventurous spirit more vividly than Bloc Party.